Walter Bishop

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Walter Bischof (born September 2, 1919 in Kukus (Bohemia), † February 12, 1968 in Lostau ) was an artist working in Magdeburg . His focus was on glass design and sculpture .

Walter Bischof engraving a glass cup

Life

Walter Bischof came from a family of glass finishers that had existed for generations . He grew up as the older son of the respected glass engraver August Bischof and his wife Juliana Pauline Jank in Steinschönau (Bohemia), a place that developed into a center for glass processing as early as the 16th century. He is the older brother of the glass engraver Kurt Bischof . Walter Bischof learned the profession of glass engraver from 1933 to 1935 at the State Glass College in Steinschönau (Bohemia). At first he worked in the profession until he was finally accepted as a master student in Haida (Bohemia) in 1935 . In the war years 1939–1945, Bischof did military service as a member of the German Wehrmacht , but in 1943/44 he was given the opportunity as a convalescent after a stay in a hospital to study sculpture with Hermann Scheuertstuhl in Hanover . After the war ended, Bishop was taken prisoner by the Americans, from which he was released in the same year. He immediately went to Magdeburg to marry his fiancée Erika Weisse, whom he met while he was stationed in Magdeburg, on Christmas Day 1945. They had two children together. From then on, he lived in Magdeburg. In order to ensure a regular family income, Erika Bischof continued to work in her learned profession as a typist in a Magdeburg office. She got support in looking after the children from her sister Elsa.

House Alt Fermersleben 63 (2012)

After Bischof had set up his own workshop in Magdeburg, he founded a. a. Together with Ewald Blankenburg and Werner Frischmuth in 1948 the artist group dalbe , whose guests included Katharina Heise when it was founded. In addition to independent work, he also worked as a lecturer at the College of Applied Arts in Magdeburg from 1948 to 1953 in order to set up the glass class there, which he was in charge of until 1953. Around 1950 he lived at Alt Fermersleben 63 in the Magdeburg district of Fermersleben . He finally gave up his position at the College of Applied Arts in order to concentrate fully on commissioned work for the Soviet Embassy in Berlin. For the foyer in the extension of the embassy building on Unter den Linden, which was completed and opened in 1953, he created a glass window with depictions from the USSR. In the middle was a round plaque with the heads of Marx and Stalin in profile. After Stalin's death, this central plaque was replaced by a colored plaque with a hammer and sickle, which was made by another artist. The window is still in good condition today.

From 1954 to 1957, Bischof was a founding member of a production cooperative of artisans , which was named after Tilman Riemenschneider . He then took up a position as a teacher for art education and works at the Heinrich Heine School in Magdeburg Buckau from 1957 to 1960 . From 1960 onwards, Bischof worked as a freelancer, mainly on the execution of building-related art and finally set up a studio in Frohse near Schönebeck (Elbe) in 1961 . He had a close friendship with the artist couple Annelotte and Hans-Arthur Spieß . After a short, serious illness, he died in 1968 of pneumonia in the Lostau Lung Clinic near Magdeburg.

Works (selection)

Construction-related work

  • Mills (glass windows, door design); about 1946-1949; Mills from the story of a mill owner family, 6 parts; Flat glass, ground; Whereabouts unknown.
  • Worker with sledge hammer (ceramic relief); circa 1949; Pottery, relief; Magdeburg, Ratswaage-Hotel, Julius-Bremer-Straße 6, whereabouts unknown.
  • Weathercock (plastic); around 1950; Copper sheet; Burgstall , whereabouts unknown.
  • The Seven Arts (stained glass window); 1950 and 1951; seven heads and typical details of the individual arts are shown; Glass (colored), antique glass (partly multilayered), shaded flashed glass, lead glazing, partly ground glass; Magdeburg, SKL site, entrance area (stairwell window) - placed under monument protection after 1990.
  • Schönebecker motifs (colored glass windows); 1951/1952; 16 colored fields; Glass (colored), lead glazing; Schönebeck / Elbe, district outpatient clinic, whereabouts unknown.
  • Gardener with plants and flowers (colored glass windows); 1949; Antique glass (colored), lead glazing, semicircular; Trenches , ASB nursing home Dahlen, Dorfstrasse 1, skylight above the entrance.
  • Representations from the USSR (window); 1953; in the center round crystal glass plate (diameter 1.20 m) with portrait of Lenin and Stalin (was later replaced); Crystal glass, flat glass, cut, engraving (high cut); Berlin , Trade and Economic Office at the Russian Embassy (HWB), Unter den Linden 55–61, foyer window, side wing of the Embassy of the Russian Federation .
  • Children's party (colored glass window); 1954; figurative representation, plants, ornament; Antique glass (colored), lead glazing, cut; Foyer window, 3-part; Haldensleben , Sana Ohre-Klinikum , Kiefholzstraße 27, expanded and stored in 1992.
  • Bordering (glass windows); about 1954-1955; Figures in frontal costumes on 3 floors; Antique glass, stained glass; Collective work of the PGH "T. Riemenschneider "; Magdeburg, residential building Hartstrasse 2, stairwell window; partially preserved.
  • Reeds and other aquatic plants (window frames); 1956; Raw glass panel, flat glass, engraving (deep cut), collective work, 4 pieces; Magdeburg, Ernst-Reuter-Allee, whereabouts unknown.
  • John the Baptist (colored glass window); 1958, figurative representations of biblical motifs incorporated into geometrical lead glazing, six choir windows, glass (colored), lead glazing, cut, black solder painting, Sankt-Johann-Baptist-Kirche , Repkowstraße 2, Magdeburg- Salbke .
  • 10 years GDR - achievements of construction (colored glass windows); 1959; Antique glass, flashed glass, lead glazing, ground glass; Stairwell window over 4 floors; Magdeburg, extension of the Ratswaage Hotel, Julius-Bremer-Strasse 6; Restored in 2001.
  • Memorial plaque “Fame and Honor” (relief); 1959; Faust with flag and text - commemoration of the murder of 10 Magdeburg socialists on April 9, 1919; Bronze; Magdeburg, Justice Center Eike von Repgow (former main post office), Breiter Weg 203–206, opposite the Hundertwasserhaus , outer facade center.
Commemorative plaque fame and honor
  • Agriculture and industry (stained glass windows); 1960/1961; Representations from industry and agriculture in the area; Antique glass (colored), ornamental glass (colored), lead glazing; 2 windows in separate staircases; Lichterfelde (Altmark), formerly POS Lichterfelde , now private property, partially destroyed.
  • Mother oak (memorial stone); 1960/1961; Symbol and text commemorating the meeting place of Magdeburg Social Democrats during the Socialist Laws 1878–1890; Bronze, wire graphics, writing on 2 m natural stone; Biederitzer Busch (local border of Magdeburg / Jerichower Land), next to the railway bridge, text and symbol largely destroyed.
  • Christ (mural, glass mosaic); 1960/1961; Christ with his hand raised; Glass (colored), gold leaf, mixed media; Unseburg (Bördekreis), Catholic Church, secularized in 2012 and privately owned.
  • Schoolchildren congratulate their godfather brigade in the Calbe low-shaft furnace (wall mosaic); 1961/1962; Glass (colored), concrete, glass mosaic in concrete; Collective work with Hans-Arthur Spieß ( Druxberge ); Calbe / Saale, primary and secondary school "Gotthold Ephraim Lessing" (foyer), Lessingstrasse 28.
  • Presentation of special features from the nature of the environment (colored glass window); 1963; Glass (colored), antique glass, lead glazing; 2 windows in separate staircases; Heimburg (Harz), formerly POS "Juri Gagarin", partially destroyed.
  • Dance scene animal motifs Till Eulenspiegel (wall frieze); 1964; Ceramic, model relief, multi-part; Collective work with Günter Pilling ; Magdeburg, Breiter Weg, former restaurant “Wernesgrüner”, whereabouts unknown, model records in private ownership have been preserved.
  • Representations of the city of Arneburg (window); 1964; Ornamental glass, bottle bottoms, lead glazing, adhesive technology; Restored in 1986, part of the design in private ownership; Arneburg (Altmark), Burggaststätte, Burgstrasse 14a.
  • Agriculture is knowledge of biology, chemistry, technology and culture (colored glass windows); 1965; colored symbolic representations on the subject; Antique glass, ornamental glass, lead glazing, cut, yellow etching; Staircase window over two floors, restored in 2004; Haldensleben, Agricultural College Haldensleben, Marienkirchplatz 2.
  • Glass wall ; 1965; colored symbol design; Ornamental glass, glass elements, lead glazing; Seehausen (Altmark) Diakoniekrankenhaus “Dr. Albert Steinert ”, Lindenstrasse 32, prayer room (foyer).
  • Standing man who lets water run out of his hands (mural); approx. 1965/1966; Glass, wire, wireframe; Collective work with Paul Wiegand (Magdeburg); Staßfurt , object of water management.
  • 20th anniversary of the unification of KPD and SPD (memorial plaque); 1966; Illustration SED emblem and text; Bronze, wire, relief; Magdeburg, Alt Salbke 50, former VEB "Fahlberg List" cultural center , whereabouts unknown.
  • Memorial plaque for Paul Illhard (relief); 1966 ?; Bronze; Schönebeck / Elbe, Burgstrasse, whereabouts unknown.
  • 20th anniversary of the unification of KPD and SPD (memorial plaque); 1966; Illustration SED emblem and text; Bronze, relief, Magdeburg, former theater of friendship (cinema), Braunschweiger Straße 25, today stored in the magazine of the Technikmuseum Magdeburg .
  • The four elements (colored glass windows); 1966/1967; Antique glass, ornamental glass, lead glazing, cut, yellow etching; Magdeburg, private house, Mahrenholtzstraße 5 in Magdeburg-Fermersleben.
  • Partition wall (colored glass window); approx. 1967; Lead glazing, mixed media; Schönebeck / Elbe, kindergarten, whereabouts unknown.
  • Italian landscape (door window); 1967/1968; Flat glass, engraving (high cut); 2 door panes, unfinished last work; Remnants available in private ownership.

Non-building work

  • Horse head (tombstone); 1946; black stone; Seehausen / Börde cemetery (currently not found there).
  • Construction or iron man (plastic); 1946; Steel, flame cutting and forging; Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Cable pullers (plastic); circa 1946; Plaster; Magdeburg, private ownership.
Construction or Eisenmann by Walter Bischof
  • Bust of Karl Marx (sculpture); about 1946-1948; Plaster mold available; Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Bust of Friedrich Engels (sculpture); about 1946-1948; Plaster mold available; Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Youth (plastic); 1948; Volume; Restored in 2007; Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Lovers (plastic); 1948; Plaster of paris (tinted); Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Little standing or swimmer (plastic); 1948; Plaster of paris (tinted); Whereabouts unknown.
  • Street piper (plastic); 1949; Cement; destroyed by weather influences.
  • Chess pieces and chess board ; 1950; Crystal glass, glass (black), engraving (high cut); Chessboard with white and green fields in a cassette with drawers, preliminary study made of wood available; Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Illustration of three female torsos (vase); 1952; Manganese-colored hollow glass, engraving (high cut), edge unfinished, Magdeburg, private property.
  • Aesculapian staff (glass relief); approx. 1952; Flat glass (black), engraving (high cut); Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • For the 60th birthday (glass cup); 1953; Glass with mounted silver base, engraving (low and high cut); Gift of the SED district leadership Magdeburg to Walter Ulbricht ; Magdeburg, Kulturhistorisches Museum , Otto-von-Guericke-Strasse 68–73, fund.
  • Wilhelm Pieck (glass relief); 1955; Portrait of Wilhelm Pieck and inscription with a dedication; Crystal glass, flat glass, engraving (deep cut).
  • Fully plastic representation of the Corpus Christi (sculpture); 1955; solid crystal glass, mounted on a steel cross; z. Z. Magdeburg, private property on permanent loan from the Catholic Church, Dessau Süd.
  • Portrait of Ernst Thälmann (glass relief); approx. 1955-1957; Crystal glass, flat glass, engraving (deep cut).
  • Portrait of Ernst Thälmann (crystal plaques); approx. 1955-1957; Gifts from the SED district leadership in Magdeburg on various occasions; Crystal glass, engraving (deep cut); Magdeburg.
  • Portrait of Edgar André (crystal plate); approx. 1955-1957; Crystal glass, engraving (high cut); Magdeburg.
  • Portrait of Wilhelm Pieck (plaques); approx. 1955-1957; Gifts from the SED district leadership in Magdeburg on various occasions; Engraving (deep cut); Magdeburg.
  • 250th anniversary of the twin town (crystal cup); 1957; Engraving (high cut); City views of Magdeburg and St. Petersburg, text fields (dedication text in Russian and German); on the occasion of a visit by the mayor in what was then Leningrad as a gift from the city of Magdeburg to the then twin city; St. Petersburg, Smolny (plaster cast in private ownership).
  • Sports award (bronze relief); 1960; Peace Ride Team; Bronze on wood; Collective work; Magdeburg, model in private ownership.
  • Hand caster with pouring ladle (small plastic); 1960; Bronze, cast; Collective work, gift from the MAW (Magdeburg).
  • Berlin bear (glass cup); 1966/1967; Engraving; Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Magdeburg coat of arms (mug); 1966/1967; Engraving on spherical glass; Magdeburg, private ownership.
  • Activist portraits and a. Paul Sander (crystal plate); Year unknown; Hollow glass, engraving; Magdeburg.

literature

Web links

Commons : Walter Bischof  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Founding document of the dalbe artist group, 1948 . ( Wikisource )
  2. ^ Address book of the city of Magdeburg 1950/51, part I, page 42
  3. ^ Reginald Richter: Glasgestaltung Magdeburg. Attempt to take stock. Published by the state capital Magdeburg, city planning office, issue 92 (2002), p. 26.
  4. ^ Reginald Richter: Glasgestaltung Magdeburg. Attempt to take stock. Published by the state capital Magdeburg, city planning office, issue 92 (2002), p. 15.
personal data
SURNAME Bishop, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German glass artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Kukus , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1968
Place of death Lostau